Will.I.Am is invited on stage to introduce the Ultrabook Project. It’s a creative campaign where he tours 12 countries, creates 12 songs, and engages in 12 philanthropic ventures to help inner city communities. All of this will be done using just an Ultrabooks, Will.i.am hope…
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Acer Aspire D270 Cedar Trail Netbook Surfaces
Acer is the biggest netbook player on the market, so it was only a matter of time before we heard about their first Cedar Trail Netbook. The Acer Aspire One D270 (AOD270) is a 10.1″ running the 1.6GHz Atom N2600 processor. The AOD270 is also…
MacBook Air Clone Reviewed, Spoiler Alert: It isn’t a Mac
Its no surprise that the MacBook Air knock off that showed up back in October isn’t a Macbook Air competitor. A review from MIC Gadget shows how the $500 device falls short of the original, which starts at $1,000. To start the actual device isn’t…
Intel to Subsidize Ultrabooks for $100 a pop?
Digitimes is reporting that Intel’s prepared to further subsidize the ultrabook program — $100 per laptop — in order to allow ultra-thin notebook manufacturers to compete with the Macbook Air. The money is allegedly a “marketing subsidy” this should allow OEMs can focus on building…
Acer S3 Ultrabook with Intel’s Core i7 Now Available from Amazon
Acer is now shipping upgraded configurations for its Aspire S3 notebook from Amazon for $1,231. The upgrade puts the S3 Ultrabook in a more direct competition with Apple’s Macbook which also offers a Core i5 & i7 series. The S3s outfitted with the Core i7…
Toshiba Thrive Unboxing and First Impressions
The Toshiba Thrive 10.1-inch Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) tablet get unboxed with a few first impressions below. This NVIDIA Tegra 2 tablet features a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front camera. The Toshiba Thrive also has a HDMI and USB ports, and a micro SD…
Qualcomm Krait Roadmap Leaked – 1.7GHz Dual & 2.5GHz Quad Core
Qualcomm Krait roadmap gets outlined all the way to 2013 according to a very detailed roadmap focused on their upcoming mobile chipset. The MSM8960 which is due out later this year is the high end chipset that will be sporting 1.7GHz on its dual core…
Netbook Volumes Dip According to Sources Close to ASUS
Word on the street here in Taiwan is that ASUS has cut back on its Eee PC shipments to make room for tablets in the mobile computing ecosystem. Apparently ASUS only sold 350,000 netbooks in April after tablets still “significantly impacted the demand,” Digitimes claimed.…
BeBook Live 7″ Tablet with a 1GHz Hummingbird Processor for $279
BeBook Live has in introduced the BeBook Live Tablet its running on Android 2.2 which isn’t specifically designed for tablets, but since Google is only giving the honeycomb source code to selected developers who knows how long we’ll have to wait for a 3.0 upgrade.…
2 Classmate PCs Set to Take After School English School in Taipei
The notion that each child can have a computer in the classroom is a great dream. In the mean time while we sort out the logistics of how we are going to make this happen why don’t we figure out how a small school could…
Lenovo Waiting for Android 3.0: LePad Summer 2011 Launch
Looks like Lenovo is making something we all knew official, but adding unexpected timelines. Lenovo does not plan on releasing an Android tablet in 2010 as initially expected. PC World reports that Lenovo US COO Rory Read has dismissed a tablet based on Android 2.2…
Panasonic’s $2,800 Tablet the Toughbook CF-U1
Have an extra $2,800 that you were hoping to spend on a tablet? Well, I’ve got the tablet for you. Panasonic has improved their military grade, rugged portable PCs, Toughbook series with the CF-U1. An upgraded version of the existing Toughbook CF-U1, the new device…
Education: Classmate PC Test-Run at the English House
The English House a boutique English school in Taipei has gotten 2 Classmate PCs. Scott & Sheila discuss how they plan on integrating them into their curriculum.…
Acer Founder: Tablets like the iPad & Ultrabooks are a Fad
Acer founder Stan Shih told Digtimes that tablets like Apple’s iPad and Ultrabooks, an upcoming product category aimed at competing with Apple’s Macbook Air, are a “short-term phenomena.” Shih urged companies to continue focusing on notebook computers and innovative value-added products. He feels that personal…